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Former professional boxer and entrepreneur Freddy Thomas died yesterday. He was 66.
Mr. Thomas was well known across the Island as a boxing champion ? having fought in Europe and the US ? as well as a reserve Police officer and a stone mason.
In rece...
DATE: May 28, 2004
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Four nurses from the Matilda Smith Williams home went on strike late yesterday claiming they were owed back pay from 2002.
The board of trustees from the AME Church, which subsidises the seniors residence, met last night to discuss the pay issue, acc...
DATE: May 28, 2004
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The Department of Tourism is targeting wealthy African-Americans as it moves to capture another niche market for the Island.
Tourism Minister Renee Webb announced yesterday the Department has chosen IMAGES USA as the African-American marketing commun...
DATE: May 28, 2004
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Government are cracking down on homeless and drug hang-outs by locking up disused publicly owned buildings.
Works and Engineering and Housing Minister Ashfield DeVent said he had recently given the order to lock up empty buildings to avoid a legal li...
DATE: May 28, 2004
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Roberts to be tried in Magistrates' Court
United Bermuda Party MP Suzann Holshouser Roberts' brother will now face trial in Magistrates' Court on multiple weapons possession charges.
Ernest Roberts, an aviation operations officer at the Bermuda Inter...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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A grey and off-white inflatable boat was found on the rocks at Timlin?s Narrows in Warwick.
The ten-foot, rigid hull boat was found on May 20 by Marine Police and displays no decals or registration numbers. It has a 9.9 HP Mercury engine. If anyone h...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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Upset by the plight of the homeless and badly housed, a delegation from the Bermuda Counsellors Association presented concerns to Housing Minister Ashfield DeVent yesterday.
The group recently toured Hamilton before dawn one Sunday and found 28 peopl...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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It?s now official ? Government has abandoned plans to sell Anchorage Road homes after renovation.
The development was announced at yesterday?s Senate sitting, forcing Opposition Senate Leader to withdraw a motion condemning the plans.
But it is uncl...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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Hilary Soares has been appointed as clinical director of women?s drug rehab centre Fair Havens.
A registered nurse, Mrs. Soares helped to found cancer charity PALS, hospice Agape House and the Bermuda Stroke Association.
She will do six weeks intensi...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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Fourteen new buses were unveiled by Transport Minister Ewart Brown yesterday, complete with special safety features that were deemed necessary after six-year-old Tyaisha Cox was killed while crossing a street last summer.
"Manufactured in Germany by ...
DATE: May 27, 2004
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